News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader Alan Kelly TD has extended his sympathy to the family, friends and supporters of former Labour Minister and Wicklow TD Liam Kavanagh. Deputy Kelly said: “I was saddened to hear today of the passing of our former TD and Minister Liam Kavanagh who was a giant of Wicklow…

News – The Labour PartyPrincipals need more support from public health Labour education spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin described the funding of HEPA filters for schools in January as too little too late. Welcoming the belated attention ventilation in classrooms is receiving by the Department, Deputy Ó Ríordáin said teachers throughout the country are fed up…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader Alan Kelly TD has extended his sympathy to the family and friends of former Cork Labour Party TD Toddy O’Sullivan. Deputy Kelly said: “Toddy was a stalwart of the Labour Party in Cork over many decades, and great supporter of my own. He lived a long and successful…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Senator Mark Wall has called for a single pricing fare for the commuter belt up to and including Kildare South to make public transport more affordable and more accessible for commuting students and workers. Reiterating the need to change the culture of public transport, Senator Wall said we cannot allow…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Finance Spokesperson, Ged Nash TD, has described comments made by Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe in this morning’s papers about a multi-annual tax cutting package as wrong for our economy and society. Deputy Nash said: “The Minister’s pledge to embark on a tax-cutting crusade is the wrong thing do….

News – The Labour Party• Package of measures needed not piecemeal approach • Labour proposed targeted carbon tax credit • Three year rent freeze desperately needed Labour finance spokesperson Ged Nash has called on government to do more to tackle the soaring increase in the cost of living. Responding to the once-off €100 electricity credit…

News – The Labour PartySpeaking at the National Women’s Council of Ireland’s Increasing Women’s Political Participation webinar, Labour TD and Chair of the Special Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality Ivana Bacik said that more needs to be done to progress women’s rights in Ireland and improve levels of women’s participation in electoral politics. Deputy Bacik…

News – The Labour Party• Labour repeats call for new German-style short-time work scheme • Failure to extend CRSS shows government at sixes and sevens Labour’s Finance spokesperson Ged Nash has welcomed the government’s eleventh-hour decision to restore the previous rates of the EWSS to businesses adversely affected by new public health restrictions. However, he…